Every Thursday we publish a throwback post from the perspective of a young and dumb 24 year old Matthew to Bicimakina's beginnings at Maya Pedal in 2009. This week, we revisit the all-night marathon construction of a… flower?

Being totally clueless about bike maintenance is turning out to be advantageous. The first reason is that it there is no redundancy, its all new, its all exciting, its all learning. The second, more important, reason is that the highly skilled handy-persons are constantly working on bikes, leaving only me free to work on other projects, i.e. the bicimaquinas.

The Corvallis Bike Collective really outdid themselves this year with their adorably (and aptly) named Spring Roll, a cycling event just for kids. Okay, so grown-ups are allowed too, but make no mistake, this raucous event is ALL about kids being awesome on their bikes.

This past weekend was the 16th annual Filmed by Bike Street Party and Bicimakina’s first ever event! It was so much fun, I mean, there was someone in a shark suit trolling the vendors. I nearly peed my pants.

The liquidora, or blender, was what brought me here in the first place. I was flipping through Maya Pedal's website, growing increasingly excited and then I saw the bicycle-blender and practically cried. So you can imagine the pure joy I experienced sitting in the warm sunlit shop blending local naranjas, bananas, and piña into smoothies for all to enjoy. As I was pedaling I could barely contain my happiness, a huge grin appeared on my face and I thought to myself...

My first day so far has been great, despite a night full of full of dying roosters, being strangled noisly by their own exasperation. Far from a bucollic wake-up call, they sound emit is more like a hoarse scream, and at all hours of the night. I´m not a fan.